17 million foreigners head to Greece
ATHENS, Greece - The Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, issued an unusual appeal on Tuesday, asking his compatriots to put on their best face as the debt-choked country prepares to accept 17 ...
The European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) and the city of Athens are joining forces to stimulate tourism to the capital of Greece, often referred to as the ‘cradle of Western ...
Greek Tourism
ATHENS, Greece - Greek tourism revenues are expected to bounce back this year to pre-crisis levels, the industry said on Thursday following the return of political stability to the country.
SETE: Russian tourism to Greece safe
ATHENS, Greece - The developments in Cyprus don’t appear to have had any negative effects as far as Greece’s positive outlook for the 2013 season is concerned, according to the president of ...
Israelis Investing In Crete Tourism
HERAKLION, Crete - An Israeli business group intends to develop a tourism investment worth 500 million euros on a 2.5-square kilometer plot on the island of Crete, its representative has told the ...
German expert: Greece has image problem
German tourists will be in short supply in Greece this summer as less than one percent have made plans to visit the debt-hit country this season, according to a report released Wednesday in ...
Beaten Tourist: Avoid Greece, Go To Turkey Instead
Greek police have stepped up efforts to catch illegal immigrants in recent months, launching a new operation to check the papers of people who look foreign.
Greece’s National Tourism Organization fraud busted
Five people, including a former executive at Greece’s National Tourism Organization (GNTO), have been arrested after they allegedly attempted to extract cash from the agency using bogus ...
Cannon Explodes On Greek Tour Boat
Greek officials say that a tour boat captain was killed and 6 foreign tourists were injured, when a replica cannon exploded Saturday on a mock pirate ship off the southern Aegean island of ...
Chios Wildfires
EMPORIOS, Chios, Greece - August in Greece means two things: vacation and wildfires.
Honorary Consul for Greece and Cyprus in Seychelles
Seychelles President James Michel has expressed his deepest sympathies and condolences to the Papakokinnos family upon the passing away of Panos Papakokkinos, the Honorary Consul for Greece and ...
Thessaloniki Convention & Visitors Bureau joins growing alliance
HALEIWA, Hawaii, USA; BRUSSELS, Belgium; VICTORIA, Seychelles – The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced that the Thessaloniki Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) ...
Saving Greek Tourism
Contrary to what you might hear, Greece still welcomes German tourists. But they – and other Europeans – are just not coming in the numbers they used to.
British tourism to Greece
LONDON, England - Tui Travel has likened the impact of the eurozone crisis on the Greek holiday market to that of the Arab spring, as the UK's biggest tour operator by customer numbers said ...
Greek Elections
WASHINGTON, D.C. - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso issued the following joint statement on the result of the Greek elections: ...
Slump In Greek Tourism
Dimitris Thalassinos, 75, is tired. He is serving his last customer before packing up for the day. Most days he is at his shop in Athens' ancient Pandrossou street market for 12 hours.
British tourism to Greece soars
British holiday bookings to crisis-hit Greece are soaring, despite the country's economic woes.
Greece Economy
By eTN Staff Writer
A UK-based independent tour operator to Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, Olympic Holidays, has claimed that June packages to Greece offer "the best value ever, and reassures travelers that, even if ...
Touring Greece
LONDON, England - When planning a trip to Greece it's important to learn a few phrases to make sure your holiday runs as smoothly as possible.
UK: Greece must invest in promoting its tourist industry
The Greek government has been warned that it must invest in promoting its tourist industry – or face further economic decline as holidaymakers turn away from the troubled country.
GREEK ENTREPRENEUR
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
BERLIN, Germany (eTN) - Launched six years ago with a capital of a few 100,000 euro, global online travel agency, Airfasttickets, is turning into a global player under the leadership of his ...
German Visitors Feel Not Welcomed In Greece
German tourists are "afraid" to come to Greece due to widespread anger at EU-mandated austerity cuts that have left the country in a deep recession, the Greek culture minister said on Monday.
Greece Economy
By Nelson Alcantara, eTN editor-in-chief
(eTN) - For the past five years, Greece has been in an economic recession.
Ryanair Chief Has Solution For Greece's Misery
Ryanair's boss Michael O'Leary says Greek tourism revenues will soar if Greece withdraws from the eurozone and goes back to a devalued version of its pre-euro drachma.
Greek Tourism
By eTN Staff Writer
The 8th Greek-Turkish Forum on Tourism was held in the Athenian seaside district of Vouliagmeni on October 12.
French President: Greece came into Euro with false numbers
NEW YORK - At long last, European leaders took a significant step forward on the long road toward resolving the eurozone's debt crisis.
Global Ranking
By eTN Staff Writer
Canada has earned the highest reputation ranking in Reputation Institute's 2011 Country RepTrak™, an annual study measuring the public perceptions of 50 countries around the world.
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Greek-Macedonian Name Dispute
A “fair compromise” with a geographic qualifier is the most appropriate solution to the long-running dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the latter ...
Greece's Debt Equals Lower Travel Prices
LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois - While Greece’s debt is causing problems in financial circles, it’s good news — read lower prices — for American tourists.
Polish Conundrum
By Jaroslaw Suplacz, changevalue.com
A stimulated GDP
